Author: Steve Spears

Are you heading out on the road for a summer vacation? Better bring the right ’80s tunes with you. For our ultimate ’80s road trip playlist, we’ve enlisted the help of author Tamara Dever.

Are you melting? Time to stay indoors and watch these summer movies of the 1980s. This week we honor Stand By Me, Weekend at Bernie’s and Summer School.

Are you tired of the most overplayed songs of the ’80s? That’s okay. This week’s, we’re doing out first “Change Up” show and picking different songs by those same bands.

Were you a fan of Duran Duran all the way back to the beginning. We’re betting you’d still learn a ton from music writer Annie Zaleski, who just authored a book about the band’s “Rio” album.

We honor nine songs that have fallen off our radar over the last few decades, including tunes by Night Ranger, Sting, Kool and the Gang, Kim Carnes, Cyndi Lauper, Paul McCartney, the Hooters and more.